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• NGOs: New plan for rape victims a 'drop in the ocean'. Jerusalem Post, 12 May 2008. A tired-looking Prime Minister Ehud Olmert took some time out of his busy schedule Monday to address a special session of the Knesset Committee on the Status of Woman charged with examining the latest progress of two new ground-breaking government initiatives - one for treating victims of rape and sexual assault, the other for providing rehabilitation to women in the sex industry - set in motion by the Prime Minister's Office more than a year ago.
• Danish woman who alleged rape at kibbutz now says she's 'unsure'. Haaretz, 8 May 2008. "She was certain that she was raped, but after the altercation she was confused as to what happened and what didn't," the prosecution report reads. "She is afraid to send someone to jail if he didn't [commit the rape], while at the time she said she was sure there was a rape. Now, she is unsure and confused."
• Police arrest Nazareth man, 17, suspected of attempted rape. Haaretz.com, 12 April 2008. Israel Police on Saturday arrested a 17-year-old man from Nazareth for attempted rape of a 22-year-old woman.
• Ex-president withdraws sex assault guilty plea. Sydney Morning Herald, 10 April 2008. ISRAELI prosecutors say the former president Moshe Katsav could again be charged with rape after his dramatic withdrawal from a plea bargain which would have let him off jail in return for admitting sexual offences against two former employees.
• Almost 90 percent of children reported experiencing sexual violence. Israel e News, 19 February 2008. Almost 90% of teenagers aged 12-18 claim to have been victims of some level of sexual violence, according to a study conducted jointly by the University of Haifa and Ben Gurion University (Israel).
  

• Mandatory reporting of childhood sexual abuse in Israel: What happens after the report?. Oz S, Balshan D. J Child Sex Abuse; 16(4): 1-22. 2007:  Full abstract

• Assiwar - Feminist Arab Movement in Support of Victims of Sexual Abuse.
• Isha L’Isha: Isha L’Isha, established in 1983, is the oldest grassroots feminist organization in Israel and one of the leading voices of women’s rights in the country.